An atheist was walking
through the woods, admiring all the “accidents” that evolution had created. “What
majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!” he said to
himself. As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling...
“Perhaps the most remarkable movement in philosophic
thought that has occurred in any age was the rise and general acceptance by
scientific circles of the evolutionary theory as propounded by Darwin, Huxley
and Spencer. It was remarkable that men...
In the summer of 2005, the London Zoo posted a sign in front
of their newest exhibit, reading, “Warning: Humans in their Natural
Environment.” The exhibit featured eight Homo sapiens in a sealed enclosure
adjacent to another sealed enclosure...
In February 1891, the Star of the East was whale
hunting off the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. While pursuing a large
sperm whale, one of the two boats was capsized by the leviathan. The hunters
went on to kill the whale but feared two...
“To look at the window . . .as I did that first day . . . to look out at
this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible.”—John Glenn, speaking about his view of the Earth from the space shuttle
Discovery
A University of Kansas course devoted to debunking creationism and
intelligent design was canceled after the professor caused a furor
by sending an e-mail mocking Christian fundamentalists.
Sir Isaac Newton had a friend who was an atheist. The friend did not
believe in God, but preferred to take the position that the universe
just happened. One day the friend was visiting his learned colleague
and Newton showed him a model of the...